Nightclub entertainment in France
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Les Trois Diables
Music is a mix of trip-hop, house and electro at this small club. Thursday is student night (show your ID); Wednesday is karaoke.
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Le Palais
This ephemeral nightclub (it’s open only for 50 nights each year) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals. It’s the VIPs’ favourite spot so door policy is pretty tight: no guys without girls and only fabulous-looking people.
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Le Bâoli
This is Cannes’ coolest, trendiest and most selective nightspot. So selective in fact that your entire posse may not get in unless you’re dressed to the nines. The Bâoli is part club, part restaurant, so the only way to ensure you’ll get in is to book a table and make a night of it.
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Le Balajo
A mainstay of Parisian nightlife since 1936, this ancient ballroom is devoted to salsa classes and Latino music during the week, with an R&B slant on weekends. At times it can be somewhat tacky, but it scores a mention for its historical value and its old-fashioned musette (accordion music) gigs on Monday afternoons.
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Black Legend
The over-30 yachting set swills cocktails at retro-’70s-fashioned Black Legend, with all-black velour snugs and a light-up dance floor copied from Saturday Night Fever. Before midnight it’s a supper club (reservations essential, mains €25 to €40); after midnight DJs spin house. Drinks cost €20. Look sharp. No sneakers.
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High Club/Studio 47
The High Club’s mega sound system draws the occasional big-name DJ and throngs of 20-somethings every weekend. Over-30s hang out in the adjoining Studio 47, a secondary bar in the room behind the vast dance floor. Doormen are fussy; look sharp or don’t get in. Every second Sunday is gay night.
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Pearl La Siesta
This legendary establishment is famous up and down the coast for its beachside nightclub (Le Pearl) and all-night dancing under the stars. Open from early June to mid-September only, you can still party at the indoor bar-lounge (Le Flamingo) during the rest of the year.
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Le Mistral
If anyone’s awake past midnight, chances are they’ll wind up at this happening basement club, with three bars and a dance floor. DJs spin house, R&B, techno and rap.
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La Scène Bastille
The ‘Bastille Scene’ puts on a mixed bag of concerts but focuses on electro, funk and hip hop.
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Le Batofar
This incongruous, much-loved, red-metal tugboat has a rooftop bar that’s terrific in summer, and a respected restaurant, while the club underneath provides memorable underwater acoustics between its metal walls and portholes. Le Batofar is known for its edgy, experimental music policy and live performances, mostly electro-oriented but also incorporating hip-hop, new wave, rock, punk or jazz. Hours can vary.
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Da Da Da Club
DJs spin electro to house to French pop at this black-on-black thump-thump disco, which sometimes hosts international acts like Boy George. Look sharp or don’t get in.
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Au Son des Guitars
Popular with Corsican locals, this club has limited dancing, lots of drinking, and occasionally a Corsican singer. Look sharp.
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L’Octave Café
Twirl in a cocktail dress at this intimate club with a live band that plays standards and pop – ideal on date night.
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L’Esquinade
Where the party winds up when you want to dance till dawn. Open year-round and the top choice of Tropéziens.
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Les Caves du Roy
Star-studded bar of the infamous Hôtel Byblos.
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L'Intermédiaire
Grungy venue with graffitied walls is one of the best for live bands or DJs (usually techno or alternative).
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Le Pigeonnier
The least flash, with a tenue intelligemment négligée (trendy casual) dress code.
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Le Rex Club
Attached to the art deco Grand Rex cinema, this is Paris’ premier house and techno venue where some of the world’s hottest DJs strut their stuff on a 70-speaker, multidiffusion sound system.
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Red Zone
A studenty crowd gathers here for its regular gigs, boogying and always-buzzing bar.
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VIP Room
New York loft–style club at the Nouveau Port; around for eons and still VIP-hot.
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La Noche
Downstairs, bands play; upstairs, DJs spin everything from electro to salsa.
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Le Trolleybus
Shake it to techno, funk and indie at this tunnel-like club.
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Le Port de la Lune
Gigs at this dark, atmospheric jazz club are posted on the website.
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Ma Demoiselle
DJs sometimes play this downstairs girly-girl club.
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